DOJ asks Ferguson chief to stop police from wearing 'I am Darren Wilson' bracelets on duty

St Louis Post-Dispatch ^ | 9/26/2014

[Altura Ct.]

The U.S. Department of Justice asked Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson on Friday to prohibit police officers from wearing “I am Darren Wilson” bracelets while on duty in Ferguson.

Christy Lopez, a deputy chief in the Civil Rights Division, told Jackson in a letter that residents had photos of officers, from unknown local agencies, wearing the bracelets.

“We are keenly aware of the importance of individual expression of opinions, even those that some find offensive, insensitive, or harmful,” Lopez said in the letter. However, she continued, “these bracelets reinforce the very ‘us versus them’ mentality that many residents of Ferguson believe exists.”

This is at least the second letter from Lopez to Jackson this week. The first, dated Tuesday, urged Jackson to enforce department policies requiring officers to wear nametags.

[2ndDivisionVet]

[Farmer Dean]

Capitulate to the feral animals.

[the OlLine Rebel]

“‘us versus them’ mentality that many residents of Ferguson believe exists.”

BECAUSE THEY WANT IT TO!

These ghetto scum are low-class trash. They live their whole lives with chips on the shoulders, constantly blaming whitey. They want someone to blame for THEIR inadequacies.

Geeeesh, I’m so sick of this !%#$!#.

[Logical me]

Tell the DOJ to go to hell.

[Mears]

The chief is right-—they should not be worn when on duty.

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[PghBaldy]

DC should have no say in local matters.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

“these bracelets reinforce the very ‘us versus them’ mentality that many residents of Ferguson believe exists.”

TRANSLATION: "You white folks better STFU if you know what is good for you."

[SunkenCiv]

To the overstepping federal bureaucrat and racist — Mind your own business. If you come to Missouri, expect arrest.

[logic101.net]

The “us vs them” attitude is the attitude of the thugs and parasites towards those that unwillingly support their useless a.....

When I was an apprentice meat cutter I was sent as punishment to the getto of Milwaukee, near 27th & North, the Fondulac Ave store. As junior meat cutter I was expected to answer the buzzer for the fish case. The first few days I really enjoyed the place. The customers were personable, willing to joke around and had a great attitude. I was having fun with them.

Then the 3rd or 4th day it was totally different. Every customer had a chip on his/her shoulder. They were even accusing me of putting a thumb on the scale to rip them off; and they WERE NOT joking! They really thought I was trying to rip them off!

After a few customers I asked what happened to these people and was told that the welfare checks came out.

Even the other black people in the neighborhood (the ones I was dealing with before) would not come to the store at this time; the didn’t want to deal with these parasites either!

[Altura Ct.]

Tell the DOJ to go to hell.

Let's hope they do...

[MeshugeMikey]

[mrsmel]

If they’re so worried about an “us vs them” mentality, then why would they have the police chief march with the looters?

[mrsmel]

And the police chief should not have marched with the looters and protestors. That’s taking a side, too.

[ArmstedFragg]

She had photos of officers from unknown local agencies, so she wrote and publicly released an accusatory letter to someone it may not even apply to. Yeah, that’s about par for these clowns. Standards of proof? Nah, that’d require having proof and standards, then you get into that whole truth thing... much too complicated for a DOJ Social Justice Warrior.

[logic101.net]

I still don’t understand why the law abiding citizens in the getto will not not band together against the thugs.

[dennisw]

 

Christy E. Lopez... is a deputy chief of the Special Litigation Section in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. She leads efforts to enforce a law giving the attorney general standing to investigate and bring suit to remedy patterns or practices of law enforcement misconduct. She has supervised investigations of the New Orleans Police Department and the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department;formulated the DOJ statement of interest in the Floyd litigation challenging the NewYork Police Department's stop-and-frisk practices; and investigated the law enforcement response to a sexual assault in Montana. In 2013, Ms. Lopez was a recipient of the John Marshall Award, the DOJ’s highest award for attorneys, for her work on the New Orleans case. She served as a federal court monitor from 2003 to 2010 and was monitor to Senior District Judge Thelton E. Henderson of the Northern District of California, assessing and reporting on the Oakland (California) Police Department’s compliance with  a federal consent decree. Ms. Lopez authored an American Constitution Society Issue Brief in 2010, "Disorderly (mis)Conduct:The Problem with ‘Contempt of Cop’ Arrests." Ms. Lopez has taught law school courses on alternative dispute resolution and on ethnic and national origin profiling after 9/11. A California native, she received her B.A. from the University of California, Riverside, and her J.D. fromYale Law School. She clerked for Alsaka Supreme Court Justice Robert L. Eastaugh from 1994 to 1995.

[DoodleDawg]

However, she continued, “these bracelets reinforce the very ‘us versus them’ mentality that many residents of Ferguson believe exists.”

Probably because it does.

[Senator Goldwater]

Where can I get one?

[Brother Cracker]